Duolingo is great, you will definitely be able to understand and speak a bit by January 😄 I've not been learning for long but you just have to try and speak as soon as possible. Everyone I've met through this meetup had been lovely 😊

This meet-up is not for studying The International Language nor to listen to a lecture in Esperanto but just to chat in the language. Esperanto is an easy language compared to national languages, nevertheless you need to practise to become fluent. It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner or an expert, if Esperanto interests you come to the meet-up.

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